ESPN is releasing 2013 Season Report Cards for all SEC teams. Here is how they graded South Carolina:

OFFENSE: B+ DEFENSE: B+ SPECIAL TEAMS: C-

OVERALL: A-

Here is some of what they said:

quote:The only thing that keeps this from being a solid “A” was the inexplicable loss to Tennessee. Spurrier has taken the Gamecocks to unprecedented heights, but that 23-21 loss to the Vols and some of his decision-making in the second half wasn’t his finest hour. Otherwise, the season speaks for itself. South Carolina was the only team in the country to beat three different teams that finished in the top 10 of the final AP poll and won 11 games for the third straight season. Go back and count how many times that’s been done, period, in the SEC. Spurrier has turned South Carolina into a national power, and nobody would have predicted that when the Head Ball Coach took over in Columbia in 2005.